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john quincy could and he asked john adams can you take john quincy adams with you to st. petersburg as the secretary at 16 years of age, and john quincy adams goes up with francis to st. petersburg and spends the year up there. it was too cold to venture out. he had this insatiable appetite for running. he studied david hume, the six volumes of edward gibbons decline and fall of the roman empire. adam smith's two volume work on the wealth of nations, the great economic work. he kept studying latin and read cicero. he read english poets. he had this insatiable appetite for learning. a 69 was still studying on goal wrigley. i went to jail instead of harvard. of course a big difference. >> but i take it as a politician especially in our modern sense of the word he may have lacked a certain common touch. >> he had no common touch but very few of the leaders in the country did at that time. they were all university graduates except for george washington, and george washington educated himself. he read more than 6,000 books. this was an elite. the constitution didn't give liber
john quincy could and he asked john adams can you take john quincy adams with you to st. petersburg as the secretary at 16 years of age, and john quincy adams goes up with francis to st. petersburg and spends the year up there. it was too cold to venture out. he had this insatiable appetite for running. he studied david hume, the six volumes of edward gibbons decline and fall of the roman empire. adam smith's two volume work on the wealth of nations, the great economic work. he kept studying...
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and sam adams is a direct descendent of john adams and john adams was a direct descendent of sam adams. >> and they seem to stay out of the news, which is probably good, unlike some political families. >> is there a place people can go? >> yes, there is a national park in quincy, the john adams national park, where you can see the lifelong homes of two generations of atoms is in the younger generation kept them up for a while, but they'll drifted into the cities. both the original homer john adams was born and a second small homer john quincy adams was born i dare open to visitors and a large home that john built in his retirement with abigail, beautifully furnished with many things that abigail. everyone talks about founding fathers may forget to talk about founding others. martha washington was at valley forge with george and abigail adams turkey on john quincy to the top to watch the battle of bunker go and then worked hard to support, to hope that feature their cause while her husband was in philadelphia. >> another question. go ahead. [inaudible] >> absolutely. louisa adams was bo
and sam adams is a direct descendent of john adams and john adams was a direct descendent of sam adams. >> and they seem to stay out of the news, which is probably good, unlike some political families. >> is there a place people can go? >> yes, there is a national park in quincy, the john adams national park, where you can see the lifelong homes of two generations of atoms is in the younger generation kept them up for a while, but they'll drifted into the cities. both the...
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because the facts os of the matter, as john adams said, were stubborn things, and they weren't always moving their direction. so this is what he said late in life. i've observed this march of civilization advancing from the seacoast passing over us like a cloud of light, increasing our knowledge and improving our condition. and where this progress will stop, no one can say. and so we move on. thanks very much. [applause] >> thanks for a delightful talk. >> thank you, ma'am. >> and i'm sure the book will be just as good. this will seem like an odd question, but at the end you were talking about progress and jefferson's curiosity. he was a francophile, one of the things that he helped set in motion was the french revolution. what did he think of that? >> well, as ever, it depends on when you ask him. the french revolution he was caught up in many ways in the drama of the early years of it. lafayette and others met in his house. there's some debate about his actual role in the declaration of the rights of man. but i think one thing that's important to remember is when he came back in 178
because the facts os of the matter, as john adams said, were stubborn things, and they weren't always moving their direction. so this is what he said late in life. i've observed this march of civilization advancing from the seacoast passing over us like a cloud of light, increasing our knowledge and improving our condition. and where this progress will stop, no one can say. and so we move on. thanks very much. [applause] >> thanks for a delightful talk. >> thank you, ma'am. >>...
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on the fair site at one point, those from john adams and benjamin harrison to cotton and the congress delegate were sent to the boston from philadelphia. they were brought by a young lawyer who was captured. the british got ahold of these documents and to publish them. the john adams letters are just so rude about the continental congress that they didn't have to change anything in them. prepare some others change it to make it look as if george washington was having an affair with a maid at a tavern. so yes, both sides were using propaganda within the newspapers. >> interestedly in the middle minolta were sold upon a few london, pools to report george washington had died in battle. normally these are also kind of the room are hearsay and their way of adding disclaimer was to print the the more gossipy news from less credible sources at the back of the newspaper. when the chronicle was any page newspaper ad that uses most commonly commonly found on page eight. >> these publishers are also in competition with each other, so they will challenge but each other say. .. >> how prevalent wa
on the fair site at one point, those from john adams and benjamin harrison to cotton and the congress delegate were sent to the boston from philadelphia. they were brought by a young lawyer who was captured. the british got ahold of these documents and to publish them. the john adams letters are just so rude about the continental congress that they didn't have to change anything in them. prepare some others change it to make it look as if george washington was having an affair with a maid at a...
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obviously, the diaries and writings of john adams, the writings of john adams are, i think, seven volumes, and the diaries are four volumes. the writings of sam ad. adams, and thomas hutchenson, all prolific writers, kept diaries issue and kept all the correspondence so it's a rich pool of research. yes, sir? >> all this information disclosed, why was it dormant for so long? >> well, it's not dormant, it's there in bits and pieces, and the problem with american history -- i think i can generalize all american history, but certainly, the history of the colonial, revolutionary war and post revolutionary war era is that it's very complex, and as my son, at 14, came home from school and said, you know, something, dad, american history, all they do is talk. there's not a lot of action. all they do is talk. well, he's right, and the talk is very complex on very, very complex issues that my philosops and political philosophers debated for many, many years. this involved enormously important cop sents that had implications for the entire world, the define right of kings. the define right of arist
obviously, the diaries and writings of john adams, the writings of john adams are, i think, seven volumes, and the diaries are four volumes. the writings of sam ad. adams, and thomas hutchenson, all prolific writers, kept diaries issue and kept all the correspondence so it's a rich pool of research. yes, sir? >> all this information disclosed, why was it dormant for so long? >> well, it's not dormant, it's there in bits and pieces, and the problem with american history -- i think i...
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about adam lanza's motive for the shooting. any more news on that front? >> a little bit. the police are playing their cards very close to their chest -- their words, not mine. what they have said is that, at both crime scenes, the school and the house where nancy lanza was murdered by her son, they found good evidence to suggest a motive. but they said in that news conference that they are not yet ready to discuss what that is. however, it has been widely reported here that the police have begun searching the home were adam lanza lived with his mom nancy and found it to be in pristine condition, beautifully laid out, very clean. but there were two computers in their that were completely smashed to smithereens. we don't know what that means but it is being widely reported that that is what happened. >> the latest from newtown, connecticut, thank you. several people have been injured in a series of explosions in kenya. details are coming in slowly, but we do know that it happened in a district of the capital nairobi it is a part
about adam lanza's motive for the shooting. any more news on that front? >> a little bit. the police are playing their cards very close to their chest -- their words, not mine. what they have said is that, at both crime scenes, the school and the house where nancy lanza was murdered by her son, they found good evidence to suggest a motive. but they said in that news conference that they are not yet ready to discuss what that is. however, it has been widely reported here that the police...
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john quincy adams was not involved. john adams was a very significant force, a major force in putting the independence and the pre-independence, in essence were you had a country but it was still undeclared -- he was a huge force in that. >> i have a list of all the books you ever written, except the one that uses your never completed. it goes back to 1969. before getting to some of that, i want to show you a clip of a visit the you had with us in 1990. we do this with most guests. let's look and see the change. >> my sense is that, if you go back and look at the history of the republican party, and i don't think i sufficiently appreciated this back in 1967 is that it has taken power some of the great cycles of american history -- it has taken power from the broadbased region. and then in 1968, when the country was in some ways of on the verge of disintegrating with riots in the cities and in the campuses, and the republican party has created a nationalizing role and kept things together. but once it has been in fort 10
john quincy adams was not involved. john adams was a very significant force, a major force in putting the independence and the pre-independence, in essence were you had a country but it was still undeclared -- he was a huge force in that. >> i have a list of all the books you ever written, except the one that uses your never completed. it goes back to 1969. before getting to some of that, i want to show you a clip of a visit the you had with us in 1990. we do this with most guests. let's...
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john quincy adams was not involved. john adams was a very significant force. a major force in putting the independents and pre- independence where you had a country but it was still undeclared, he was a huge force in that. >> i've got a list of all the books you ever written except for the one you say you never completed in the early times. it goes back to 1969. before i get into some of that, i want to show you a clip of a visit you had here in 1990. we do this the most guests. let's look and see how the changes. [video clip] >> if you go back and look at the history of the republican party, and i don't think i appreciated this in 1967 or 1968, that it has taken power in some of the great cycles of american history, it has taken power from broadbased reasons. 1860 with abraham lincoln and the civil war. in 1996 with william mckinley brought back the william jennings bryant challenge. and then when the country was on the verge of disintegrating from riots in the cities and riots on campuses and s southern sectional movement led by george wallace, and the repub
john quincy adams was not involved. john adams was a very significant force. a major force in putting the independents and pre- independence where you had a country but it was still undeclared, he was a huge force in that. >> i've got a list of all the books you ever written except for the one you say you never completed in the early times. it goes back to 1969. before i get into some of that, i want to show you a clip of a visit you had here in 1990. we do this the most guests. let's...
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. >> samuel adams was such a revolutionary leader and so was his cousin john. can you tell us about the different styles of leadership and the different approaches to the issues of the day or how they thought the movement should go forward towards independence? >> the truth is it was a lull easier for john adams because of what sam adams had done before him, and sam adams had been called by a number of people the actual father of the country because he was the chief spokesperson and policymaker for the sons of liberty. the sons of liberty is the form of separate cells of radical people opposed to the british by the surgeon revolution necessary that sprung up almost independently across the colonies in connecticut and new york and pennsylvania and south carolina. and sam adams became the chief letter writer and political strategist and the story is told that a neighbor that had walked by his apartment at his house at 2:00 in the morning with see the light in his study up there and know that his pan was going scribble scroll trying to lead towards independence bu
. >> samuel adams was such a revolutionary leader and so was his cousin john. can you tell us about the different styles of leadership and the different approaches to the issues of the day or how they thought the movement should go forward towards independence? >> the truth is it was a lull easier for john adams because of what sam adams had done before him, and sam adams had been called by a number of people the actual father of the country because he was the chief spokesperson and...
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adams and jefferson had been in france and as the u.s. envoy to france and and adams was charging the jefferson was too friendly with the french and jefferson was charging that adams was you know had secret alliances to the british and and i mean american history is littered with these these kind of you know semi's you know phobic but sometimes there's a little substance to typically not concerns but now oh it sounds like it could be real. look there are a lot of issues confronting our country that matter greatly to foreign interests. canadian interests would like to see the trans the cake so pipeline. bill across the united states china would like to see more of chinese investment in this country saudi arabia has been been on the record saying that they'd like to scuttle our efforts to enact a price on carbon pollution clean energy laws and that sort of thing so a lot of foreign countries have a big interest in american politics now they can play an outsized role in the challenge for both the press and the public is to figure out where t
adams and jefferson had been in france and as the u.s. envoy to france and and adams was charging the jefferson was too friendly with the french and jefferson was charging that adams was you know had secret alliances to the british and and i mean american history is littered with these these kind of you know semi's you know phobic but sometimes there's a little substance to typically not concerns but now oh it sounds like it could be real. look there are a lot of issues confronting our country...
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in 1824 jackson beats john quincy adams in the election. he wins the popular vote but the electoral college flips in the loses the popular vote. i'm speaking speaking of palm beach counties so you know about the scenarios. checks and wins the popular vote. he comes back in four years in 1828 in beats john quincy adams and in 1828 is probably the second nastiest election in american history. of course with this current one being the nastiest with a negative ads and such. there's no love lost -- loss. jackson supporters don't call john quincy adams your excellency. they call him your fraudulent seat. they call jackson a white thief and his wife a of tennessee sohtz is huge scandal to the point that rachel donaldson jackson becomes increasingly religious every passing year. to the point where now all of the scandal about her really affecting her mental health and physical health. she is hoping and praying that jackson does not win, that she doesn't have to go to the white house sewer scandal becomes a national story. she is hoping and writing
in 1824 jackson beats john quincy adams in the election. he wins the popular vote but the electoral college flips in the loses the popular vote. i'm speaking speaking of palm beach counties so you know about the scenarios. checks and wins the popular vote. he comes back in four years in 1828 in beats john quincy adams and in 1828 is probably the second nastiest election in american history. of course with this current one being the nastiest with a negative ads and such. there's no love lost --...
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adams which i directed where adams and jefferson are kind of, you know, arguing about two different political worldviews. one is to say that all human beings are perfectable and therefore we need a society that reflects the fact that all human beings are capable of redemption. and the other worldview is that human beings are weak and evil and vicious which is -- and we need a strong state that going to control and manage these failings. so out of these two springs the whole history of american politics, springs. and this is what you see in those two. he is a pessimist, he believes this man has fallen and can never be redeemed. that he can never be forgiven whereas valjean having inspired in his faith by the bishop, not only believes in the perfect ability of people, but he has done an extraordinary transformation himself. so his worldview is compassionate. the other's worldview sun forgiving. and what obsesses him is the the terrible grinds of gears when he comes up against this guy. because he feels that this guy has a worldview that is somehow challenging or undermining his and th
adams which i directed where adams and jefferson are kind of, you know, arguing about two different political worldviews. one is to say that all human beings are perfectable and therefore we need a society that reflects the fact that all human beings are capable of redemption. and the other worldview is that human beings are weak and evil and vicious which is -- and we need a strong state that going to control and manage these failings. so out of these two springs the whole history of american...
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you should take a gla glance at john adams. jefferson is versus madison what happened there. jefferson is evaluated and becomes the presidency the election for 1800 is excited. in some ways the most exciting election in american history because jefferson from aaron burr. the idea of burr from the united states. again, random things matter. this is why the argument of broader social forces is un-- if he becomes president it's hard to majtd whereabout. he doesn't and he doesn't because in large part people realize are ron burr is not someone they want near the white house. jefferson becomes president and jefferson the question is how much could matter? and if you look at the jefferson administration, historians are overwhelming the most important event of the jefferson administration was louisiana purchase. that's not surprising. if you double the size of the country peacefully and almost no cost, the enormous achievement for for any president. any president would want that on the rÉsume. so is jefferson a high impact president. if he had not been there, would the louisiana pu
you should take a gla glance at john adams. jefferson is versus madison what happened there. jefferson is evaluated and becomes the presidency the election for 1800 is excited. in some ways the most exciting election in american history because jefferson from aaron burr. the idea of burr from the united states. again, random things matter. this is why the argument of broader social forces is un-- if he becomes president it's hard to majtd whereabout. he doesn't and he doesn't because in large...
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. >> john, investigators believe adam lanza, the shooter here smashed these two computers at his home. what more do we know about that. >> reporter: so he damaged the computers and the hard drives and the fbi's computary sis dance response team is going to look at those hard drives, damaged as they are, and try to determine if they can extract data from them f they can put them back together and communicate with them, they would like to mirror those hard drives and extract everything that son this computer. they are looking for two things. one they are looking for internal saved documents that might contain the planning for in massacre, lists of things and supplies you needed to get. magazines, ammunition, second, the communications, where did he order these things from, were they mail order, were they through e-mail communications and so on. but anything that's going to give them a window into it. the fact that he damaged the computers is a signal to them that there is something in there they need to see. >> john miller at our broadcast center in new york, john, thank you. with 20 st
. >> john, investigators believe adam lanza, the shooter here smashed these two computers at his home. what more do we know about that. >> reporter: so he damaged the computers and the hard drives and the fbi's computary sis dance response team is going to look at those hard drives, damaged as they are, and try to determine if they can extract data from them f they can put them back together and communicate with them, they would like to mirror those hard drives and extract...
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it's interesting that two of america's greatest thinkers, greatest writers, john adams and thomas jefferson were not at philadelphia. adams was the american minister to the court of st. james. jefferson, the american minister to paris. and neither of them were there. now, jefferson made a tremendous contribution. he, from paris, sent to his friend madison over 200 books on political theory, political thought, history, and i wasn't able to verify it but my surmise is that some of those books must have been about the dutch federation, which was very instructive for madison and the delegates when they were thinking of federalalism and mom eskew -- and monesque for separation of powers. jefferson was not there but did get his hands on a copy very quickly of the constitution. we emailed him a copy over there in paris. and he looked at it and said, well, where is the bill of rights? and the answer was, there is no bill of rights. he said how can you have a constitution without a bill of rights? he said every people on earth is entitled by nature to a bill of rights that protects them against thei
it's interesting that two of america's greatest thinkers, greatest writers, john adams and thomas jefferson were not at philadelphia. adams was the american minister to the court of st. james. jefferson, the american minister to paris. and neither of them were there. now, jefferson made a tremendous contribution. he, from paris, sent to his friend madison over 200 books on political theory, political thought, history, and i wasn't able to verify it but my surmise is that some of those books...
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david: adam shapiro. rich edson reported house speaker john boehner introducing plan b as he called it, legislation to raise taxes on those earning a million dollars or more. this after president obama raised his threshold for topping income earners to 400,000. taxes are set to rise for everybody if some kind of a deal isn't reached by the end. year. liz: take it off the desk. you don't like the high taxes? in france, well move to belgium. french actor gerard d pechlt l pardieu says is doing that. he will welcome anyone from france who thinks taxes are way too enter us -- onerous who wants to follow in the actor's shoes to escape the high taxes the foreign minister says it is france's own fault if its citizens are leaving and they should accept the consequences, i agree. time to go off the desk. shaquille o'neal launching his own line of vodka. according to the "new york post" it will be called love shaq. luvshaq. our crew is giving it thumbs down. it might taste well. it will hit it next year. cocoa nut
david: adam shapiro. rich edson reported house speaker john boehner introducing plan b as he called it, legislation to raise taxes on those earning a million dollars or more. this after president obama raised his threshold for topping income earners to 400,000. taxes are set to rise for everybody if some kind of a deal isn't reached by the end. year. liz: take it off the desk. you don't like the high taxes? in france, well move to belgium. french actor gerard d pechlt l pardieu says is doing...
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for example, how will all of this, susan, affect the leadership of house speaker john boehner who has not been able to get a consensus among his fellow democrats in the house and many of them are adamant about not saying yes to any deal that includes a tax hike, so what are they going to get out of this? >> you know, i'm a democrat. so i should be the last person to feel badly for speaker boehner. but he really is in a tough situation. he thought he had a plan last week. he had to pull it from a vote because he couldn't corral his own party. now you have republicans and democrats meeting in the senate. the democrats have a majority. it's much easier for them to get a deal there. then it's got to go to the house and boehner is in a really awkward position. does he call a vote on a senate bill that is not supported by a majority of republicans and stand there very weakened as he depends on the democratic minority to join with a minority of republicans to pass a bill? nobody is running against him for speaker. but he's obviously been very much weakened and -- i'm sorry. conservatives out
for example, how will all of this, susan, affect the leadership of house speaker john boehner who has not been able to get a consensus among his fellow democrats in the house and many of them are adamant about not saying yes to any deal that includes a tax hike, so what are they going to get out of this? >> you know, i'm a democrat. so i should be the last person to feel badly for speaker boehner. but he really is in a tough situation. he thought he had a plan last week. he had to pull it...
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but the president has been absolutely adamant, i'm not budging unless the top 2% pay a higher rate. not just revenue, a higher rate. >> the top 2% will pay higher taxes because of the revenue rates that we will raise without raising the tax rates. once you raise the tax rates, they become permanent. you can't change them. it will be almost impossible to change them and of course, that affects, like i say, almost a million small businesses and about 700,000 jobs. that's what the american people aren't getting from the debate on this subject. frankly, it is a bait and switch because the president has put out a plan that even democrats won't support that literally will not work, that literal israeli going to cause even more spending than we have right now, and put us even more than the 16 trail, $300 billion debt that we're incurring, going up every day. >> steve: senator, for generations, americans have always tried to make sure that our children, our children's children wind up with a better america, but with this president and this spending, the amount of debt going forward, which o
but the president has been absolutely adamant, i'm not budging unless the top 2% pay a higher rate. not just revenue, a higher rate. >> the top 2% will pay higher taxes because of the revenue rates that we will raise without raising the tax rates. once you raise the tax rates, they become permanent. you can't change them. it will be almost impossible to change them and of course, that affects, like i say, almost a million small businesses and about 700,000 jobs. that's what the american...
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the locker john adams lived, the shorter grew his creed. in the end, it was unitarianism. jefferson wrote those ringing words of the declaration, but jefferson was a utilitarian when he urged and nephew to inquire into the truth of christianity. "if it ends in a belief that there is no god, you'll find virtue in the comforts unpleasantness you feel in virtues exercise." james madison always explained away religion as an innate appetite. the mind, he said, prefers the idea of the self the existing clause to that of an infant series of -- infinite series of cause and effect. madison said -- even the founders were unbelievers considered it a civic duty in public service to be observant unbelievers. two days after jefferson wrote his famous letter endorsing a wall of separation between church and state, he attended church services in the house of representatives. services were also held at the treasury department. jefferson and other founders made statements like accommodations for the public's strong preference for religion to enjoy ample space in the public square. they unde
the locker john adams lived, the shorter grew his creed. in the end, it was unitarianism. jefferson wrote those ringing words of the declaration, but jefferson was a utilitarian when he urged and nephew to inquire into the truth of christianity. "if it ends in a belief that there is no god, you'll find virtue in the comforts unpleasantness you feel in virtues exercise." james madison always explained away religion as an innate appetite. the mind, he said, prefers the idea of the self...
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moving on the someone claimed the body of adam lanza for burial . the person did not want to be identified. his burial will be kept secret. he killed 27 people including 20 children and his mother and killing himself in a classroom in the school. all eyes focus on the fis california cliff. president obama extend happened the warrant list law for five more years. it allows the government to monitor over seas phone call emaims without a court order. doesn't apply to americans and they will not say if americans were pied on . how dulike to look out the plane's window and see this. thisa is it a piece of the engine missing. it fell off after leaving. terrified passengers were told that the was turning around but couldn't land right away. >> we found out we are too heav tow land because they filled the gas tarching and they need to burn off fuel in order to land safely. >> julia: i would not be on a plane again. it circled the plane for half an hour before coming in for landing . no one was hurt. >> clayton: one time i was on a united express flight when
moving on the someone claimed the body of adam lanza for burial . the person did not want to be identified. his burial will be kept secret. he killed 27 people including 20 children and his mother and killing himself in a classroom in the school. all eyes focus on the fis california cliff. president obama extend happened the warrant list law for five more years. it allows the government to monitor over seas phone call emaims without a court order. doesn't apply to americans and they will not...
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and adam lambert. all starting right now. you can come in, john. you just have to dance in. we've got the music going. our panelists this morning, congressman joseph crowley is with us. he's a democrat from the great state of new york. margaret hoover is with us, cnn political contributor. ron brownstein is the editorial director of "the national journal." john berman has made his way to his seat. >> no music. >> that's your music. i heard you singing it earlier. you don't like adam lambert, his new theme song? i kind of like that. >>> our starting point is the president and the house speaker finally getting face to face to discuss the fiscal cliff. until yesterday's unscheduled meeting at the white house, john boehner and president obama had gone 23 days without sitting down to discuss the fiscal cliff. it's a significant development because in 22 days we go off over the cliff although some people have described it as a gentle slide down a little slippy mountain. but that would be a time when we face severe tax hikes and severe spending cuts unless a compromise can be reach
and adam lambert. all starting right now. you can come in, john. you just have to dance in. we've got the music going. our panelists this morning, congressman joseph crowley is with us. he's a democrat from the great state of new york. margaret hoover is with us, cnn political contributor. ron brownstein is the editorial director of "the national journal." john berman has made his way to his seat. >> no music. >> that's your music. i heard you singing it earlier. you don't...
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adam parker on the markets in 2013. and dell's best day of the year. what's the right play now? two traders, one heated debate at the top of the hour. carl, see you at 12:00. >> scully and parker, good hour. can't wait. thanks, scott. >>> 21 days until christmas and ebay seeing a huge surge in mobile shopping. question is, is mcommerce now as they call it the way of the future? steve yankovich joins us. >> thanks for having me here. >> some of the percentage increases are hard to believe. how sustainable are these numbers? are we still in early days? >> yeah, we are. the mobile growth has been phenomenal. if you think about four years back, people didn't think about mobile commerce at all. and now today we expect to do $10 billion in globally on ebay mobile and it's about the consumer. when and where do they want to shop? and the smartphone is changing the game. we're in a paradigm shift in how people are shopping these days. >> i read that the biggest mobile day for you guys was not black friday, wasn't cybermonday. it was the sunday before cybermonday. >> it started on thanksg
adam parker on the markets in 2013. and dell's best day of the year. what's the right play now? two traders, one heated debate at the top of the hour. carl, see you at 12:00. >> scully and parker, good hour. can't wait. thanks, scott. >>> 21 days until christmas and ebay seeing a huge surge in mobile shopping. question is, is mcommerce now as they call it the way of the future? steve yankovich joins us. >> thanks for having me here. >> some of the percentage increases...